Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge.

  • Bar Hebraeus
Date:
1899
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Credit: Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CLXXVIII. Another sage said, “He that dwelleth in “the world seeth not his sins by reason of the disturbed “state of the affairs [therein]; but if he dwell in the “peace and quietness of the desert, he will see God “clearly and his sins will be rebuked.” CLXXIX. A certain noble and honourable and be¬ lieving woman came from Rome to Egypt to Abba Arsenius and entreated him to make mention of her in his prayers. And he replied, “I will pray unto God “that He may make the remembrance of thee to pass “out of my heart.” Now although by reason of her grief and sorrow she became sick, yet he did as he had said, that he might shut the door against the women who thronged to see himh cn\ .^*:sqcu ^\cn ^c\ .jjlk >Tx,a curc^ r<LljjAa£i AAo rdicn ^.T»CY30 .AAx3 f<'ia .rOrc' AAn Axinn ^OQC\ .rc'^ruji-Sa kA.I cnOQJk^\ r<*^CU.Tn>J^a3 >cr)a:^.Ta.\ CU^ Klnz^Ctsj Asjsai K'<^aA^\jLS« Aox.O .r^iS^a.Tn (fol. 198^, No. 7). ^ The text of the story in full runs:—r<l3r<' Ktocn .1^ ^ r^CVLoa ^ocn .oocuxA^VxiiCVfio .r^l2«ocni ^ ^.1 ^ocn ^ ^ocn rd\.A.OkOrc^^ CYiVrLoQ .QaAlfloir<' f^=3f<L\ orA >odCUVjj^.1 cnAi?3 ^ocn rdAXJO rd^OjaJao^r^.i rdx-1 caoaA.^r<b cyd^C\.\ AtK'o .cQxLa.iii.1 >cnajLfiax£k^.'i